Housing

Housing Survey

People and renters are positive about the Renters’ Rights Act but, beyond ‘no-fault’ evictions, knowledge of reforms is low

New polling data from Ipsos in the UK, conducted 3-7 April 2026, finds positivity about the Renters’ Right Act but also low awareness of provisions designed to control rent-setting.

11.05.26

Homelessness Survey

Public perceptions of homelessness

Rising housing costs are taking their toll while three-quarters of people think homelessness will get worse according to a new Ipsos report for the Centre for Homelessness Impact.

13.01.23

an illustration of people struggling to get ion the housing ladder as prices are too high

Housing Publication

Harsh home truths

Economic turmoil has brought the housing affordability crisis into sharper relief for mortgage holders and renters. What can Government do? The response to COVID-19 was to pull more levers: eviction bans, mortgage and Stamp Duty holidays. In the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced capping social rents in England, but the Scottish Government had already gone further, faster, introducing a freeze on private as well as social rents and a moratorium on evictions. Previously, Michael Gove recommitted the Government to building 300,000 homes a year. Action will take years to deliver results, requiring considerable political courage. Public opinion will need careful management too. Has the housing crisis become bigger and uglier?

15.12.22

Politics Survey

Issues Index: 2018 onwards

Q What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today? Q What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today? (Unprompted - combined answers)

04.10.22

Politics Survey

Issues Index: 2007 - 2017

Q What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today?
Q What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today?
(Unprompted - combined answers)

04.10.22

Infrastructure Survey

Britons support rent controls and extending the Right to Buy scheme, but also expect further house price rises and too little new housing

What do Britons perceive as the biggest problems with housing in the country and what measures do they support to try to fix them?

27.06.22

Infrastructure Survey

A third of Britons worry about paying their rent or mortgage now while 4 in 10 worry about whether they’ll be able to in 12 months’ time

As the cost of living crisis continues, we look at how people feel about their own housing now and what they think will happen in the future

07.06.22

Seven in ten of Britons think there is a national housing crisis, and opposition to local home-building has cooled

Infrastructure Survey

Seven in ten of Britons think there is a national housing crisis, while opposition to local home-building has cooled

Exclusive polling for the New Statesman shows most Britons believe there is currently a housing crisis in Britain while half support more homes being built in their area

01.06.22